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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the book is for her daughter?
(a) Her own memoirs.
(b) A story about her birth parents.
(c) A way to fill in the blanks of an important human interaction.
(d) A way to tell her about the culture from which she came.

2. What is the period of Mao Zedong's reforms called?
(a) The Golden Age.
(b) The New Deal.
(c) The Mao Dynasty.
(d) The Great Leap Forward.

3. Which of these is NOT an item mentioned as having been found with an abandoned baby?
(a) A bag of rice.
(b) A stuffed panda bear.
(c) String bracelets.
(d) A yam.

4. Who does Karin visit far up the Nathan Road?
(a) Distant relatives.
(b) A fortune teller.
(c) A seamstress.
(d) A friend's family.

5. What do Mark and Karin find between their beds in the hotel room?
(a) A changing table.
(b) An electric fan.
(c) A rocking chair.
(d) A makeshift crib.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Karin mention is one of her favorites?

2. What does the author say the book is for a general audience?

3. During what dynasty is China's family system based on male lineage first laid out?

4. What is on the necklace Karin buys in the farmers' market?

5. Where does Karin live in her early journalistic career?

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